NMFS Trawl Survey

Biomass metrics

From the MAFMC website:

The Mid-Atlantic Council manages more than 65 species with seven fishery management plans (FMPs). Fifteen species are directly managed with specific FMPs:

  • Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass

  • Mackerel (Atlantic and chub), Squid (longfin and Illex), and Butterfish

  • Atlantic Surfclams and Ocean Quahogs

  • Atlantic Bluefish

  • Golden and Blueline Tilefish

  • Spiny Dogfish (jointly managed with the New England Council, MAFMC lead)

  • Monkfish (jointly managed with the New England Council, NEFMC lead)

An additional 50+ forage species are managed as “ecosystem components,” meaning that the Council can set possession and landing limits to prevent the expansion of directed fisheries on these species in the Mid-Atlantic.

The Mid-Atlantic Council coordinates its management activities closely with several other management bodies, including the New England Fishery Management Council and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, to ensure that fisheries are managed effectively across jurisdictional boundaries.

Biomass distributions

Maps

More southernly species

# A tibble: 5 × 3
  svspp comname           scientific_name        
  <chr> <chr>             <chr>                  
1 136   atlantic croaker  micropogonias undulatus
2 146   northern kingfish menticirrhus saxatilis 
3 651   banded drum       larimus fasciatus      
4 652   southern kingfish menticirrhus americanus
5 654   red drum          sciaenops ocellatus